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Netherlands Defence Academy

In research, Netherlands Defence Academy stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,015 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,580 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations (Political Science and International Relations is 11.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,462
of 22,385 · #7,751 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#76
of 197
Research works
792
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.2k
10.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Netherlands Defence Academy

What is Netherlands Defence Academy known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #5,015 of 9,585 13.8%105 #3818
Social SciencesField #4,580 of 5,988 14.7%74 #3215

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Netherlands Defence Academy sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Netherlands Defence Academy work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Netherlands Defence Academy is in Social Sciences, 34% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (40%), Engineering (18%), Computer Science (8%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 116 fractional works · 60.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 78 fractional works · 40.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 32 fractional works · 16.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 30 fractional works · 15.8% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 4.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 65 fractional works · 33.9% of its workEngineering: 34 fractional works · 17.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 16 fractional works · 8.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMetals and Alloys: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.1% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNetherlandsDefence Academy193fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences34%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences60%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences7840.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance94.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting94.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities94.5%
    5. Psychology73.9%
    6. Decision Sciences42.2%
    1. Engineering3417.8%
    2. Computer Science168.4%
    3. Environmental Science63.1%
    4. Materials Science31.8%
    5. Chemical Engineering21.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy21.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    9. Energy00.1%
    10. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Health Professions52.8%
    2. Medicine31.3%
    1. Neuroscience31.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Netherlands Defence Academy specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 11.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 31.9 works11×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 3.34× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.08× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.19× its world share, 34 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.63× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.05× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.56× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.41× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.27× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.20× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.27× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.19× its world share, 78 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering3.34×2 works
  2. Social Sciences3.19×78 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.27×4 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.20×9 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.56×9 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.41×9 works
  7. Psychology1.27×8 works
  8. Engineering1.19×34 works
  9. Computer Science1.08×16 works
  10. Health Professions1.05×5 works
  11. Neuroscience0.95×3 works
  12. Environmental Science0.63×6 works
  13. Materials Science0.51×4 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.51×2 works
  15. Mathematics0.12×0 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.09×0 works
  17. Energy0.09×0 works
  18. Medicine0.07×3 works
  19. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Netherlands Defence Academy?

Ranked on the quality score, Paul C. van Fenema, Job Timmermans and Axel M. Homborg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Netherlands Defence Academy.

  1. 1 Paul C. van Fenema Netherlands · #529,113 worldwide 3.3k citations · 128 works
  2. 2 Job Timmermans Netherlands · #539,436 worldwide 913 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Axel M. Homborg Netherlands · #570,421 worldwide 1.2k citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Jori Pascal Kalkman Netherlands · #611,137 worldwide 634 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Tine Molendijk Netherlands · #886,807 worldwide 550 citations · 54 works
  6. 6 Marten C. Zwanenburg Netherlands · #1,014,138 worldwide 750 citations · 89 works
  7. 7 Tycho van der Hoog Netherlands · #1,268,925 worldwide 58 citations · 41 works
  8. 8 Thijs Brocades Zaalberg Netherlands · #1,488,441 worldwide 221 citations · 67 works
  9. 9 Sebastiaan Rietjens Netherlands · #1,518,799 worldwide 713 citations · 89 works
  10. 10 Peter de Werd Netherlands · #1,716,201 worldwide 47 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Netherlands Defence Academy

What are the most cited papers from Netherlands Defence Academy?

The most cited paper from Netherlands Defence Academy is "International meta-analysis of PTSD genome-wide association studies identifies sex- and ancestry-specific genetic risk loci" (Caroline M. Nievergelt et al., 2019), with 695 citations. Next come "Design and control of hybrid power and propulsion systems for smart ships: A review of developments" (599) and "Challenges and prospects of HRM in developing countries: testing the HRM–performance link in the Eritrean civil service" (350).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 International meta-analysis of PTSD genome-wide association studies identifies sex- and ancestry-specific genetic risk loci Caroline M. Nievergelt et al. · Nature Communications ReviewOpen access179 authors 8 Oct 2019 695
2 Design and control of hybrid power and propulsion systems for smart ships: A review of developments Rinze Geertsma, Rudy R. Negenborn, Klaas R. Visser et al. · Applied Energy Open access 8 Mar 2017 599
3 Challenges and prospects of HRM in developing countries: testing the HRM–performance link in the Eritrean civil service Mussie Teclemichael Tessema, Joseph L. Soeters · The International Journal of Human Resource Management 2006 350
4 Cocreating Understanding and Value in Distributed Work: How Members of Onsite and Offshore Vendor Teams Give, Make, Demand, and Break Sense1 Paul W.L. Vlaar, Paul C. van Fenema, Tiwari · MIS Quarterly Jun 2008 345
5 Improving failure analysis efficiency by combining FTA and FMEA in a recursive manner J.F.W. Peeters, Rob Basten, Tiedo Tinga · Reliability Engineering & System Safety Open access 6 Dec 2017 290
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Netherlands Defence Academy?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Ethics, International Law, Resilience, Security Council, Humanitarian Intervention, International Relations and Social Capital.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Human Rights15▲ 7.5×15 topics
  2. Ethics14▲ 14×9 topics
  3. International Law12▲ 19×9 topics
  4. Resilience11▲ 11×3 topics
  5. Security Council10▲ 106×2 topics
  6. Humanitarian Intervention10▲ 147×2 topics
  7. Machine Learning10▲ 1.49×19 topics
  8. International Relations9▲ 20×8 topics
  9. Social Capital9▲ 9.3×2 topics
  10. Global Governance9▲ 20×7 topics
  11. Community9▲ 39×1 topic
  12. Disaster9▲ 90×1 topic
  13. Security8▲ 6.3×8 topics
  14. Globalization8▲ 2.0×14 topics
  15. Terrorism7▲ 75×3 topics
  16. State Sovereignty6▲ 73×2 topics
  17. War Crimes6▲ 70×2 topics
  18. Responsibility to Protect6▲ 110×1 topic
  19. United Nations6▲ 110×1 topic
  20. Peacebuilding6▲ 44×3 topics
  21. Economic Growth6▲ 3.5×6 topics
  22. Sovereignty5▲ 30×3 topics
  23. Conflict5▲ 16×5 topics
  24. Information Warfare5▲ 75×2 topics
  25. Emissions5▲ 13×5 topics
  26. Counterinsurgency5▲ 230×2 topics
  27. Geopolitics4▲ 15×4 topics
  28. Responsibility4▲ 53×2 topics
  29. Russia4▲ 53×3 topics
  30. International Criminal Law4▲ 100×1 topic
  31. International Humanitarian Law4▲ 100×1 topic
  32. National Security4▲ 39×3 topics
  33. Just War Theory4▲ 281×1 topic
  34. Self-Defense4▲ 140×1 topic
  35. Ukraine4▲ 59×2 topics
  36. British Army4▲ 263×1 topic
  37. Malayan Emergency4▲ 263×1 topic
  38. Surveillance4▲ 7.0×3 topics
  39. Local Turn4▲ 117×1 topic
  40. Resilience Governance4▲ 117×1 topic

Which research topics does Netherlands Defence Academy publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Disaster Management and Resilience, Global Peace and Security Dynamics, International Law and Human Rights and War, Ethics, and Justification.

Disaster Management and …9Disaster Management and Resilience: 9 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 6 fractional worksInternational Law and Human Rights: 4 fractional worksWar, Ethics, and Justification: 4 fractional worksMilitary History and Strategy: 4 fractional worksPeacebuilding and International Security: 4 fractional worksEuropean and Russian Geo…3European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies: 3 fractional worksTorture, Ethics, and Law3Torture, Ethics, and Law: 3 fractional worksDefense, Military, and P…3Defense, Military, and Policy Studies: 3 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…3Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsPhilosophyEconomics and Econometrics1 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  2. 2 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  3. 3 International Law and Human Rights Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  4. 4 War, Ethics, and Justification Philosophy 4 works
  5. 5 Military History and Strategy Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  6. 6 Peacebuilding and International Security Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  7. 7 European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  8. 8 Torture, Ethics, and Law Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  9. 9 Defense, Military, and Policy Studies Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  10. 10 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 3 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available35.4%not open64.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.4%domestic only85.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Netherlands Defence Academy's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Netherlands Defence Academy as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00071% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Netherlands Defence Academy0.00069% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Netherlands Defence Academy over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Netherlands Defence Academy17.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.0% in 2025.

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